playing hard ball

It’s time for Nancy Pelosi to stop playing hard ball.

But Pyongyang has been playing hard ball since, insisting that sanctions should be lifted before any progress in nuclear talks, fueling doubts on whether Kim will every fully relinquish his arsenal.

North Korea has been playing hard ball since then, accusing the United States of making "unilateral and gangster-like" demands on denuclearization and insisting that sanctions should be lifted before any progress in nuclear talks occurs.

“The question is whether Mr. Trump is just playing hard ball as a negotiating stance before he gets down to the specifics that really matter, or if the discussions will get bogged down on those issues where it’s going to be difficult to make immediate and direct progress,” Prasad says.

Beyond this, some West Coast processors and fishermen have been playing hard ball for generations, with the situation becoming more pronounced with monopolization on the processor side.